FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Date: May 28, 2013
Contact: Tracy Zampaglione
Email: Zampaglione.Tracy@ocls.info
Phone: 407.835.7480 (For publication purposes please use 407.835.7481 for further details.)
Announcing the Celebrating the Genius of Women Art Competition Winners
Congratulations to the five finalists of the Celebrating the Genius of Women art competition.
Artist Phyllis Thomas won the People’s Choice Award for Qumran Eleven: Unearthed Evidence II (an
acrylic on paper piece).
The Best of Show Winner results were:
1st Place
Faith Amon (digital photography)
nd
2 Place
Anna McCambridge (color pencil and gesso)
3rd Place
Beatrice Athanas (oil painting)
4th Place
Phyllis Thomas (acrylic on paper and hand-built clay vessel)
th
5 Place
Robin Fight (drawing and digital color)
The art exhibition and competition was sponsored Women in the Arts, Inc., The West Orange Chamber
of Commerce Committee of 101, Leadership Alumni, Studio-T Photography and private donors. For
more information about Women in the Arts, Inc., visit www.womeninthearts.org.
Art Exhibit
Agape Photography Class Exhibit
Hiawassee Branch
Saturday, June 1, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Please join us for a viewing of the Agape Photography Class exhibit featuring work from local Pine Hills
teens. These young artists and their instructor Victor Scott will answer questions about the artwork
and what motivates them as artists.
Art Spark
Orlando Public Library, First Floor
Through June
County Public Schools Art Educators present Art Spark. The exhibition represents art that activates,
stimulates and inspires the imagination. As art educators and artists, these individuals are passionate in
their quest to ignite a specific feeling or thought and to exalt confidence in our next generation of
artists. The teachers create the "art spark" in their classrooms and in their studios. They are honored to
display this work which seeks to build quality character in their students’ creative minds.
Display Exhibit
Paper Airplanes Galore
Orlando Public Library, Display Cases
Through June
A simple piece of paper comes to brilliant life in this remarkable exhibition. Paper Airplanes Galore
showcases everything from effortless airplanes to complex and imaginative designs. Airplanes and
historical information displayed by The Online Paper Airplane Museum. To learn how to design your
own paper airplanes, visit www.theonlinepaperairplanemuseum.com.
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